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On Tour at the Edinburgh International Festival: Beethoven & Shostakovich

Sir Antonio Pappano

Tuesday 12 August 2025 • 7.30pm

Experience the power of two show-stopping symphonies at the Edinburgh International Festival, with insight from Sir Antonio Pappano and Nicola Benedetti.

On Tour at the Edinburgh International Festival: Britten, Vaughan Williams & Elgar

Sir Antonio Pappano, Ian Bostridge & LSO Musicians

Wednesday 13 August 2025 • 11am

Ian Bostridge joins Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO musicians for a programme of Britten and more at the Edinburgh International Festival.

On Tour at Edinburgh International Festival: Vaughan Williams

Sir Antonio Pappano, Vilde Frang & London Symphony Chorus

Thursday 14 August 2025 • 7.30pm

Join the LSO and conductor Sir Antonio Pappano at the Edinburgh International Festival for a programme of early 20th-century music with Vilde Frang.

On Tour at the Edinburgh International Festival: Puccini’s Suor Angelica

Sir Antonio Pappano

Saturday 16 August 2025 • 7pm

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Giacomo Puccini’s heartfelt opera.

BBC Proms: Puccini and Strauss

Sir Antonio Pappano

Tuesday 19 August 2025 • 7.30pm

Sir Antonio Pappano and London Symphony Orchestra perform Puccini's Suor Angelica and Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten for the BBC Proms.

BBC Proms: Folk Songs and Dances

Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Moore

Saturday 30 August 2025 • 11am

Sir Simon Rattle conducts folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold for the BBC Proms.

LSO Strings at Bold Tendencies

Saturday 30 August 2025 • 7.30pm

An evening of works for strings, in the LSO's first performance in Peckham's concrete concert hall.

Season Opening: Bernstein and Copland

Sir Antonio Pappano

Sunday 14 September 2025 • 7pm

Dramatic, emotionally intense American symphonies, to start the 2025/26 season: Bernstein's 'Kaddish' and Copland's Symphony No 3, with Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano on the podium.

Half Six Fix: Copland

Sir Antonio Pappano

Wednesday 17 September 2025 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Sir Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Copland's Third Symphony, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Prokofiev and Beethoven

Seong-Jin Cho: Artist Portrait

Thursday 18 September 2025 • 7pm

Beethoven’s defiant Symphony No 5 meets the sneering mockery of Shostakovich and Prokofiev in exhilarating mood. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts, as pianist Seong-Jin Cho begins his Artist Portrait series.

Britten and Shostakovich

Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen

Sunday 21 September 2025 • 7pm

Violinist Janine Jansen showcases Britten’s soulful concerto before the LSO launches into Shostakovich’s scathing criticism of Stalin, his Tenth Symphony.

Sibelius, Ruders, Paxton and Adès

Thomas Adès and Sean Shibe

Sunday 19 October 2025 • 7pm

Thomas Adès leads the LSO in Poul Ruders' kaleidoscopic Second Guitar Concerto, with soloist Sean Shibe, Sibelius’ rich, evocative Third Symphony, a UK premiere by Alex Paxton, and Adès' own Aquifer.